Hosiery drying and shaping structure



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HOSIERY DRYING AND SHAPING STRUCTURE Filed April 29, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mas W lrvsser Patented July 28, 1931 I UNirsn stares Parent rrics THOMAS w. PROSSER, or KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 PARAMOUNT TEXTILE MACHINERY 00.,0F KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS- HOSIERY DRYING AND SHAPING STRUCTURE Application filed April 29,

to a conduit or pipe for conveying a thermal fluid into the form, while the other portion is attached to the form and connects it to the coupling, whereby the major portions of the two sides of the form are disposed in angular relation to the front and rear faces of the coupling. It is the latter embodiment which constitutes the subject-matter of the present case. I

The object of the structure referred to is to provide a convenient means for mounting a hosiery drying and shaping form-of the general type revealed in United States Letters-Patent Nos. 1,2073% and;1,207,496, dated December 5, 1916, of WV. 1). Butzon a conduit or pipe designed to convey a thermal fluid (such as steam) to the form which is hollow to contain the thermal fluid. and effect its heating interiorly. Inthe type of form disclosed therein the sides of the coupling-portion of the form are insubstantially vertical alinement with the sides or efiective surfaces of the form itself. By the use of the attachment about to be described, it is possible to mount the type of form disclosed in the said patents, on the conduit so that the form itself will occupy a position at an angle to the normal standing position of the operator.

' This arrangement possesses several important advantages. In the first place, it enables the operaior to smooth down the hosiery-article withboth hands and fiatwise of the front and rear faces of the form, in contradistinction to the present-day practice of the attempted smoothing action of the op- 1926. Serial No. 105,503.

erator by placing the thumbs of each hand at one side of the form and the fingers of the hands at the opposite side thereof. Moreover, it enables the operator to smooth down the hosiery-article with the inside-portions of the fingers instead of the back of the fingers. Furthermore, it facilitates sightmg and mspecting by the operator of the rear face of the article on the form at the same time he inspects and manipulates the front face. In the second place, the strip- 1 ping of the hosiery-article from the form is rendered much easier and more convenient because the foot-portlon of the form occupies an angular position which is more in line with the natural direction of the operators stripping movement. This results in better boarding of the foot-portion of the hosiery article. In thethird place, this arrangement spaces one form from another to an extent that the Operator is less liable to hit or burn his hand or arm on an adjacent form during the boarding operation. Other points of convenience and advantage will hereinafter be apparent.

With this and other Objects in View, the

device includes a form-attaching portion and a pipe-attaching portion, the one bein angular to the other so that, when the orm is mounted on the form-attaching portion, it will be at an angle to the pipe-attaching portion and, thus, to the pipe itself. Between these two portions is a connecting section.

In order that the invention may be more readily compreheiided, I have illustrated it in the accompanying drawings which are,

however, merely illustrative of a preferred and practical device constructed in accordance with the principles of my inventiveconcept. It is to be understoodthat the invention as thus illustrated is susceptible'of a wide range of modification and variation without departing from the'spirit thereof or sacrificing any of'the underlying and salient features of the invention.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective'view of a table on which is mounted, in series, a number of forms with my improved coupling attached thereto;

Figure 2 is also a view in perspective of the form and its coupling, and a section of pipe, all made on a larger scale;

Figure 3 is a view in sectional elevation showing the steam passages in the form and coupling in register with each other and those in the coupling in register with the apertures in the steam pipe; and

Figures 4 and 5 are views in top and bottom plan, respectively, of the coupling by itself.

Referring to these drawings, the referencecharacter 1 designates a table of any suitable type and dimensions. On this is mounted a steam pipe 2, to which are attached drying and shaping forms 3, the pipe constituting a support therefor. Each of these forms includes a leg-portion l and a base or couplingportion 5.

The forms 3 are attached to the pipe 2 by in improved coupling, designated, gener ally, by G. This includes a base-section or pipe-attaching portion 7, a forn'i-attaching portion 8, and a connecting section 9. The pipe-attaching portion '7 is secured to the pipe 2 by bolts 10, while the form-attaching ortion is attached to the base of the form y bolts 11.

As shown in Fig. 3, the form is provided with channels 12 and 13, and these connect with passageways or channels 14 and 15 in the base or coupling-portion 5 of the form. The coupling device 6 is provided with channels or passageways 16 and 17, which register, respectively, with the channels 12 and 13 and, also, with apertures 18 and 19 in the pipe 2.

As shown, there is a twist or angle in the connecting section 9, so that the form and pipe-attaching portions are angularly disposed with respect to each other; in other words, the coupling-device, considered as a solid body, involves a distortion and the turning of one point or portion thereof relative to another about an axis passing through both points or portions. As a result, the sidesbcing the front and rear face:-;of the leg and base portions of the form occupy a position at an angle to the front and rear faces of the coupling device and, thus, to the pipe 2; in consequence of which the form is disposed at an angle to the front side 20 of the table 1.

As appears in Figs. 4 and 5, the walls of the extremities of the passageways 116' and 17 in the coupling device are in different planes, due to the twist or angle in the connecting section between the form and pipe attaching portions of the coupling; that is to say, the walls of one passageway, at its extrei y, are angularly disposed to the corresponding walls of the passageway in the other extremity.

The desideratum in this structure, as well as that disclosed and claimed in my parent case, is to dispose the form at an angle to the path of travel of the operator as the same is defined by the front of the table, as aforementioned. This may be at any selected angle; but, for best results, it has been fo undthat an angle of less than forty'tive degrees 'approximately fifteen degrees, in most instanceswith respect to the path in which the operator travels in moving from one form to another, is preferable.

Preferably and as shown, the form 3 is provided with a longitudinal groove 21, and in this is seated the pipe-attaching portion of the coupling; and, to that end, its upper surface is rounded in cross-section.

The pipe-attaching portion of the coupling, on the other hand, is provided with a groove 22 corresponding to the contour of the pipe 2, to which it is secured, as already set forth.

This device offers the advantage of permit ting a hosiery drying and shaping form of regular construction to be attached to a steam pipe at an angle, and thereby includes the feature that characterizes a form which is twisted between its base and leg portions.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A form coupling-device including a form-attaching portion and a condui t-attaching portion, one portion being turned relative to the other about an axis passing through both portions.

2. A form coupling-device including a form-attaching component and a conduit-at taching component, the device inv iving a distortion intermediate its extremities and a turning of one portion thereof relative to another about an axis passing hrough both portions.

8. A form coupling device including form and conduit attaching components longitudinally twisted intermediate the extremities of the device.

i. A form coupling-device including a form-attaching portion, a pipcattaching portion, and a connecting section, the portions being turned relatively one to the other about an axis passing through both portions whereby the front and rear faces of one portion are angularly disposed with respect to the corresponding faces of the other portion.

5. A form coupling device comprising an elongated form-attaching portion having a semi-cylindrical surface, an elongated pipeattaching portion provided with a longitudinal groove, and a connecting section between the portions, the device involving a distortion intermediate its extremities by turning one of the portions relative to the other about an axis passing through both. these portions and the section being provided with a plurality of channels. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THOMAS EV. PROSSER. 

